MSI RG70A - Wireless-N 2T2R Broadband Router User Manual Download

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- Firmware

This page allows you to upgrade the router’s firmware. To upgrade the

firmware of your Broadband router, you need to download the firmware file to

your local hard disk, and enter that file name and path in the appropriate field on

this page. You can also use the Browse button to find the firmware file on your

PC.

Once you’ve selected the new firmware file, click <

Apply

> at the bottom of the

screen to start the upgrade process

Summary of Contents for RG70A - Wireless-N 2T2R Broadband Router

Page 1: ...1 RG70A Wireless Broadband 11n router IEEE 802 11 b g n User Manual Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...NETWORK SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 9 6 RG70A PLACEMENT 9 7 SETUP LAN WAN 10 8 PC NETWORK ADAPTER SETUP WINDOWS XP 11 9 BRING UP RG70A 13 10 SMART WIZARD 13 11 INITIAL SETUP RG70A 24 12 AP ROUTER MODE 26 13 R...

Page 3: ...3 Revision History Version Date Notes 1 0 November 18 2008 Modified from existing UM...

Page 4: ...ology to transmit multiple steams of data in a single wireless channel giving you seamless access to multimedia content Robust RF signal travels farther eliminates dead spots and extends network range...

Page 5: ...CMP Blocking SPI Port Mapping Port Forwarding Port Trigger Avoids the attacks of Hackers or Viruses from Internet Support 802 1x Authenticator 802 11i WPA WPA2 AES VPN pass through Provide mutual auth...

Page 6: ...e items listed below are missing Do not discard the packing materials in case of return the unit must be shipped back in its original package 1 802 11n SOHO Router 2 100V 240V Power Adapter 3 2dBi 2 4...

Page 7: ...7 4 Product Layout...

Page 8: ...c for the active LAN PORT ITEM Description Reset Click this button to restart the system or Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore the factory default configuration of the system WPS Cli...

Page 9: ...Internet Explorer Safari Firefox Opera etc h Few Ethernet compatible CAT5 cables 6 RG70A Placement You can place RG70A on a desk or other flat surface or you can mount it on a wall For optimal perfor...

Page 10: ...your PC Notebook LAN port one of the 4 available LAN ports on RG70A WAN connection Connect Ethernet cable between WAN ports of your ADSL CABLE modem INTERNET port of RG70A Make sure your ADSL CABLE m...

Page 11: ...11 8 PC Network Adapter setup Windows XP Enter Start Menu select Control panel select Network Select Local Area Connection icon select properties...

Page 12: ...Select Internet Protocol TCP IP Click Properties Select the General tab a RG70A supports DHCP function please select both Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automaticall...

Page 13: ...or cable modem Modem must provide RJ45 port to connect with RG70A Microsoft Windows compatible PC Notebook with UPnP enabled network adapter CAT 5 network cable s RJ45 port on PC Notebook STEP 1 Conn...

Page 14: ...exe icon to run it Click Setup Wizard to setup your RG70A router Click User Manual to launch smart wizard user manual Click Adobe Reader to setup Adobe Acrobat reader on your PC Notebook Click EXIT a...

Page 15: ...15 Click Next to proceed Click Exit to abort...

Page 16: ...16 RG70A should be setup as depicted above Make sure your DSL CABLE modem is setup and working Else take the help of your internet service provider Click Next to proceed...

Page 17: ...17 Check the MODEM and RG70A connection It should be as shown below Check power connection for modem as well as RG70A Make sure antenna is connected to rear panel of RG70A Click Next to proceed...

Page 18: ...18 Notice the LED that should be light up at this stage If not check your procedures again Click Next to configure WAN Wireless settings...

Page 19: ...19 User name and password are admin admin Click OK Your default browser will connect to RG70A Web Server http 192 168 0 1...

Page 20: ...o be and set its configurations AP Repeater mode does not enable WAN interface Setup Wizard will skip WAN Configuration Click Next to automatically detect your Internet Network settings You could choo...

Page 21: ...21 Smart Wizard has detected DHCP client Configure the host name and MAC address of your ADSL modem Click Next to proceed Smart Wizard has finished setting up WAN Configuration Click Next to proceed...

Page 22: ...22 Enter the name for your wireless network SSID and security key Click Next to proceed To apply the entire configuration click Reboot...

Page 23: ...23 NOTE After Wireless settings are applied you need to connect from your WLAN client with the security settings you just finished configuring Remember the type of security security key...

Page 24: ...ace for configuration to be accessed through your web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator LOGIN Procedure 1 OPEN your browser e g Internet Explorer 2 Type http 192 168 0 1 in ad...

Page 25: ...25 3 Click OK to navigate into RG70A configuration home page 4 You will see the home page of RG70A as follows...

Page 26: ...dated firmware available bug fixes updates You can navigate from this page with a few interesting options for reminding or skipping this page forever so forth Once you click on OK button to go to the...

Page 27: ...connection It also displays the router s WAN IP address Subnet Mask and ISP Gateway as well as MAC address the Primary DNS LAN Settings This section displays the Broadband router LAN port s current L...

Page 28: ...ch as SSID Security settings BSSID Channel number mode of operation are briefly shown LAN The LAN Tabs reveals LAN settings which can be altered at will If you are an entry level user try accessing a...

Page 29: ...ask 255 255 255 0 Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment 802 1d Spanning Tree This is disabled by default If 802 1d Spanning Tree function is enabled this router will use the spanning tree protoco...

Page 30: ...he DHCP server This page shows all DHCP clients LAN PCs currently connected to your network The table shows the assigned IP address MAC address and expiration time for each DHCP leased client Use the...

Page 31: ...31 Schedule This page allows user to set up schedule function for Firewall and Power Saving...

Page 32: ...w configuration of firewall and power savings services Fill in the schedule and select type of service Click Apply to implement those settings The schedule table lists the pre schedule service runs Yo...

Page 33: ...e the system log can be saved Save to a local file for further processing or the system log can be cleared Clear or it can be refreshed Refresh to get the most updated information When the system is p...

Page 34: ...34 Language This Wireless Router support multiple language of web pages You could select your native language here...

Page 35: ...35 Wizard Click Wizard to configure the Broadband Router Setup wizard will now be displayed check that the modem is connected and click Next The details please refer to Smart Wizard Page 13...

Page 36: ...If your ISP used the MAC address of the Ethernet card as an identifier connect only the PC with the registered MAC address to the broadband router and click the Clone MAC Address button This will repl...

Page 37: ...c IP If your ISP Provider has assigned a fixed IP address enter the assigned IP address Subnet mask Default Gateway IP address and Primary DNS of your ISP provider Point to Point over Ethernet Protoco...

Page 38: ...is is a maximum period of time for which the Internet connection is maintained during inactivity If the connection is inactive for longer than the Maximum Idle Time it will be dropped Point to Point T...

Page 39: ...o is off you cannot associate with AP through wireless Mode In this device we support three operation modes which are AP router and AP route with WDS we will introduce this function later section If y...

Page 40: ...of your wireless network It might be a unique name to identify this wireless device in the Wireless LAN It is case sensitive and up to 32 printable characters You might change the default ESSID for a...

Page 41: ...ple access points without a wired backbone to like them Each WDS APs need setting as same channel and encryption type MAC address 1 4 Please enter the MAC address of the neighboring APs that participa...

Page 42: ...the router Fragment Threshold This specifies the maximum size of a packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted If you set this value too low it will result in bad performance RTS Thresh...

Page 43: ...smit data packets for N compliant wireless nodes Highest to lowest data rate can be fixed Channel Bandwidth This is the range of frequencies that will be used Preamble Type The Long Preamble can provi...

Page 44: ...tion This broadband router support multiple ESSID you could select and set up the wanted ESSID Broadcast ESSID If you enabled Broadcast ESSID every wireless station located within the coverage of this...

Page 45: ...RADIUS server This mode only authenticates users by IEEE 802 1x but it does not encrypt the data during communication WEP Encryption When you select 64 bit or 128 bit WEP key you have to enter WEP ke...

Page 46: ...Encryption page After this has been done make sure the wireless clients that you want to connect to the device are also setup with the same encryption key Key Length You can select the WEP key length...

Page 47: ...he encryption keys Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other sections by choosing Continue or choose Apply to apply the settings and reboot t...

Page 48: ...cate wireless stations and provide the session key to encrypt data during communication It uses TKIP or CCMP AES to change the encryption key frequently Press Apply button when you are done MAC Addres...

Page 49: ...cleared Remove an address from the list If you want to remove a MAC address from the Current Access Control List select the MAC address that you want to remove in the list and then click Delete Selec...

Page 50: ...tch the wireless router to WPS mode You can simply push the WPS button of the wireless router or click the Start to Process button in the web configuration interface If you want to use the PIN code yo...

Page 51: ...g a device which doesn t support WPS Interface If device is set to repeater mode you can choose Client interface to connect with other AP by using WPS otherwise you may choose AP interface to do WPS w...

Page 52: ...port Communication between Wireless clients Allow Wireless Client to communicate with other Wireless Client on specific SSID Communication between Wireless clients and wired clients Allow Wireless Cl...

Page 53: ...cks and defending against a wide array of common Internet attacks However for applications that require unrestricted access to the Internet you can configure a specific client server as a Demilitarize...

Page 54: ...ference between the virtual server and the DMZ function is that the virtual server re directs a particular service Internet application e g FTP websites to a particular LAN client server whereas DMZ r...

Page 55: ...f Death Port Scan and Sync Flood If Internet attacks occur the router can log the events Ping of Death Protections from Ping of Death attack Discard Ping From WAN The router s WAN port will not respon...

Page 56: ...ers to define the traffic type permitted in your LAN You can control which PC client can have access to these services Enable MAC Filtering Check to enable or disable MAC Filtering Deny If you select...

Page 57: ...nd the fields will be cleared Remove PC MAC Address If you want to remove some PC from the MAC Filtering Table select the PC you want to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected If you want...

Page 58: ...t accept for the PCs in the list below Add PC IP Address You can click Add PC to add an access control rule for users by an IP address or IP address range Remove PC IP Address If you want to remove so...

Page 59: ...words of the Web site Enable URL Blocking Enable or disable URL Blocking Add URL Keyword Fill in URL Keyword and then click Add You can enter the full URL address or the keyword of the web site you wa...

Page 60: ...ct the URL keyword you want to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected If you want remove all URL keywords from the table click Delete All button If you want to clear the selection and re s...

Page 61: ...site to access the Internet through a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP Addresses NAT provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the flexibility to allow you to map Private...

Page 62: ...uter NAT firewall Enable Port Mapping Enable or disable port mapping function Description description of this setting Local IP This is the local IP of the server behind the NAT firewall Type This is t...

Page 63: ...ve all Port Mapping settings from the table click Delete All button Click Reset will clear your current selections Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations Port Forward...

Page 64: ...nters your LAN Network Add Port Forwarding Fill in the Description Local IP Local Port Type and Public Port of the setting to be added and then click Add button Then this Virtual Server setting will b...

Page 65: ...r these types of applications Enable Trigger Port Enable or disable the Port Trigger function Trigger Port This is the outgoing Outbound range of port numbers for this particular application Trigger T...

Page 66: ...Trigger Port Trigger Type Public Port Public Type Public Port and Description of the setting to be added and then Click Add The Port Triggering setting will be added into the Current Trigger Port Tab...

Page 67: ...G support The router will let the selected application to correctly pass through the NAT gateway UPnP With UPnP all PCs in you Intranet will discover this router automatically So you don t have to con...

Page 68: ...lication traffic by source destination IP address and port number You can assign priority for each type of application and reserve bandwidth for it The packets of applications with higher priority wil...

Page 69: ...tocols in High Low Queue The packets in High Queue will process first Unlimited Priority Queue The LAN IP address will not be bounded in the QoS limitation High Low Priority Queue This can put the pac...

Page 70: ...nge Specify the IP address range You could also fill one IP address Protocol Specify the packet type The default ALL will put all packets in the QoS priority Queue Port range Specify the Port range Yo...

Page 71: ...uting policy Destination LAN IP Specify the destination LAN IP address of static routing rule Subnet Mask Specify the Subnet Mask of static routing rule Default Gateway Specify the default gateway of...

Page 72: ...ased management By default the password is admin Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters and are case sensitive Old Password Fill in the current password to allow changing to a new passw...

Page 73: ...in the Internet that will have management configuration access to the Broadband router from a remote site If the Host Address is left 0 0 0 0 this means anyone can access the router s web based config...

Page 74: ...the country you are currently in The router will set its time based on your selection NTP Time Server The router can set up external NTP Time Server Daylight Savings The router can also take Daylight...

Page 75: ...PC date and time Daylight Savings The router can also take Daylight Savings into account If you wish to use this function you must select the Daylight Savings Time period and check tick the enable bo...

Page 76: ...common DDNS service providers Enable Disable DDNS Enable or disable the DDNS function of this router Server Address Select a DDNS service provider Host Name Fill in your static domain name that uses...

Page 77: ...77 Power Saving power in WLAN mode can be enabled disabled in this page Diagnosis This page could let you diagnosis your current network status...

Page 78: ...u need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk and enter that file name and path in the appropriate field on this page You can also use the Browse button to find the firmware file on you...

Page 79: ...e to Factory Defaults to set all configurations to its original default settings Backup Settings This can save the Broadband router current configuration to a file named config dlf on your PC You can...

Page 80: ...80 Reset You can reset the broadband router when system stops responding correctly or stop functions...

Page 81: ...n homepage under REPEATER mode now System Status System status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router You can use the status page to quickly see if you have any updated firmwa...

Page 82: ...l number mode of operation are briefly shown WLAN Settings View Broadband router s current configuration settings Device Status displays the configuration settings you ve configured in the Wizard Basi...

Page 83: ...is disabled by default If 802 1d Spanning Tree function is enabled this router will use the spanning tree protocol to prevent network loops Schedule Add schedule edit schedule options allow configura...

Page 84: ...occurred after system start up At the bottom of the page the system log can be saved Save to a local file for further processing or the system log can be cleared Clear or it can be refreshed Refresh t...

Page 85: ...etwork packets histogram for network connection on WAN WLAN Auto refresh keeps information updated frequently Language This Wireless Router support multiple language of web pages you could select your...

Page 86: ...SSID Channel Number and Associated Client Radio Enable or Disable Wireless function Band Allows you to set the AP fixed at 802 11b 802 11g or 802 11n mode You can also select B G mode to allow 802 11b...

Page 87: ...List This WLAN Client Table shows the Wireless client associate to this Wireless Router Policy The Broadband router can allow you to set up the Wireless Access Policy Communication between Wireless cl...

Page 88: ...on specific SSID and Wired Client on the switch Or Wireless Client will allow to access WAN port only Tools Admin You can change the password required to log into the broadband router s system web bas...

Page 89: ...in Repeat New Password for verification purposes Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations Remote management This allows you to designate a host in the Internet the abil...

Page 90: ...om a remote location providing they know the password Port The port number of the remote management web interface Enabled Check to enable the remote management function Click Apply at the bottom of th...

Page 91: ...Server Address Daylight Savings The router can also take Daylight Savings into account If you wish to use this function you must select the Daylight Savings Time period and check tick the enable box...

Page 92: ...avings into account If you wish to use this function you must select the Daylight Savings Time period and check tick the enable box to enable your daylight saving configuration Click Apply at the bott...

Page 93: ...could let you diagnosis your current network status Firmware This page allows you to upgrade the router s firmware To upgrade the firmware of your Broadband router you need to download the firmware f...

Page 94: ...and path in the appropriate field on this page You can also use the Browse button to find the firmware file on your PC Once you ve selected the new firmware file click Apply at the bottom of the scre...

Page 95: ...Defaults selection this will set all configurations to its original default settings e g when you first purchased the router Backup Settings This can save the Broadband router current configuration to...

Page 96: ...96 Reset You can reset the broadband router when system stops responding correctly or stop functions...

Page 97: ...ease the separation between the equipment and receiver z Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected z Consult the dealer or an experienced...

Page 98: ...nce that may cause undesired operation IMPORTANT NOTE Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment sh...

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